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In Gloucestershire where I grew up, the 1/3 pint mil bottles came with foil tops, right from the early 60s. Maybe we were ahead of Birmingham...

Thank you. I'm aware of those, but wondered if anyone had annotated something like that to show which areas were back to backs and when they were built.

Having visited the NT Back to Backs yesterday, and having relatives who we know did living in such housing, I'm struck by the thought that back to back housing would have been built in specific areas of the town as it expanded in later Victorian times. So are there any maps showing which areas...

Thanks for all the information, which we already have. I wasn't looking for anyone to do research for me. I was only looking for an answer to the very specific question that I originally asked. Apologies if I inadvertently wasted anyone's time on the wide history.

Interesting. The building appears to have been damaged by a bomb during WWII and family rumour is that the owners got compensation... but no proof or detail is known.

I also have a newspaper advert from them in 1938. Was it a small company? Who were the directors or partners (rumour has it there were only two)? When was the business started?

I hadn't come across Grace's Guide before - it's a mine of information. Thanks for the pointer to that. Sadly, neither of the two businesses seems to be listed there online. [Ne (in 1921) is "Green A Welbourne, Legg St, Birmingham" - maybe Green & Welbourne, and clearly Legge St - and the...

If deemed unfit, that would have been clear from the attestation papers presumably... but they don't appear to exist. Would there be any other record?

And therein lies some of the conundrum. Why would a soldier not have a medal card? We can only assume that he may not have completed (may have failed?) his training?

Newspaper searches have so far revealed little. Ah well, that's the joy of family and local history! I feel a visit to Birmingham is needed soon...

Transfer from the Warwicks certainly makes more sense than direct attestation. He was William Constable, yes, living in Birmingham all his life. Interestingly, however, his brother attested to the Somersets and then transferred to the Berkshires. (Out of respect for living relatives, I...

We understand from family stories that a family business was bombed in Spiceal Street during WWII. I can't see anything online in newspapers at the time. Where else might I find any information about it, and particularly the compensation that is said to have been paid to the owners?

I'm interested in a couple of Printing businesses in Birmingham in the early 20th century. What records might I find about ownership, for example, and where might they be, please? I only know of trade directories at present t, and they say very little.

We have a relative for whom there are no attestation papers and no war medal records, as far as we can ascertain. We have search long and hard! However, we know for certain that he was in the Devonshire Regiment at some point during WWI - we have a photo of him in uniform and a card sent from...

We are related to the Henry HARRIS referred to above in Lugwardine, and by coincidence we now live in Lugwardine!